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-->The topics in this section explain how to install and configureXamarin.Android to work with Visual Studio on Windows and macOS, how touse the Android SDK Manager to download and install Android SDK toolsand components that are required for building and testing your app, howto configure the Android emulator for debugging, and how to connect aphysical Android device to your development computer for debugging andfinal testing your app.
Windows Installation
Xamarin Android Player has deep integration with Visual Studio and Xamarin Studio and a native user interface on both Mac & Windows. Running Android on an x86 virtual machine using hardware accelerated virtualization and OpenGL, Xamarin Android Player is significantly faster than the stock Android Emulator. From May 2017, you can develop app without MAC. Microsoft Xamarin introduce a Live Player. With Live Player, iOS apps can be deployed directly onto an iPhone or other iDevice from a PC running Visual Studio, where the code can then be tested and debugged. WARNING The Xamarin Live Player Preview has ended. See this video: https.
This guide walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on Windows. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio, and you'll be ready to start buildingyour first Xamarin.Android application.
Mac Installation
This article walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on a Mac. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio for Mac, and you'll be ready to startbuilding your first Xamarin.Android application.
Android SDK Setup
Visual Studio includes an Android SDK Manager that replaces Google'sstandalone Android SDK Manager. This article explains how to use the SDKManager to download Android SDK tools, platforms, and other componentsthat you need for developing Xamarin.Android apps.
Android Emulator Setup
Xamarin Android Player How To Use
These articles explain how to setup the Android Emulator fortesting and debugging Xamarin.Android applications.
Android Device Setup
This article explains how to setup a physical Android device andconnect it to a development computer so that the device may be used torun and debug Xamarin.Android applications.
Microsoft Mobile OpenJDK Preview
Xamarin Android Player Mac Free
Xamarin Android Player Mac Update
This guide describes the steps for switching to the preview release of Microsoft's distributionof the OpenJDK. This distribution of the OpenJDK is intended for mobile development.